daveklepper The letter was emailed late yesterday. I am sure the mayor heard from shopkeepers on the matter you raised, and the shorer the letter, the better chance of its being printed. But thanks for the suggestion, which I will use if further correspondence develops.
The letter was emailed late yesterday. I am sure the mayor heard from shopkeepers on the matter you raised, and the shorer the letter, the better chance of its being printed. But thanks for the suggestion, which I will use if further correspondence develops.
Did your letter get printed? If so, I missed it.
Regards - Steve
I don't have an answer, since I did not read every issue of the Reading paper every issue, every day following my transmittal.
One can assume it was brought to the Mayor's attention.
Just checked in on this thread. The Reading Eagle is not widely circulated in Jim Thorpe, I believe. More likely is the Times News out of Lehighton, or perhaps the Times Leader out of Wilkes-Barre.
- PDN.
Overmod suggested I leave matters rest until the court decisions come through. Should I resend the letter to the Lehighton or Wilkes-Barre papers? Advise requested.
I visited Wilkes-Barre in the winter of 1949-1950 and several times in the summer of 1950, riding the Laural Line to and from Scranton. once also the D&H Scranton - Carbondale, and also several times Wilkes-Barre - Nanicoke and to and from Hanover. Laural Line, interurban equipment, third rail except trolley wire in Wilkes-Barre. D&H 2-8-0 and steel open-platform roller-bearing coaches. Nanicoke and Hanover, arch-roof medium-weight one-man streetcars, but street trackage only in Wilkes-Barre itself, otherwise single-track with signals, except Hanover a one-car branch shuttle. Rest of Wilkes-Barre system trolleybus, rode to and from carhouse in one. Carhouse buses, trolleybuses, and a few streetcars.
May find the photos some day!
It appears that no additional letters will Not be necessary accoding to the News.
daveklepper Overmod suggested I leave matters rest until the court decisions come through. Should I resend the letter to the Lehighton or Wilkes-Barre papers? Advise requested.
Dave,
I don't understand your point. Was your letter published or not? Or was it published in one paper, and you are considering publishing it in others?
What would be the point of leaving matters to rest until after the court decision? I thought the whole point of the letter was to influence the decision.
The lawsuit has been dropped. Let's hope that the two parties can arrive at an acceptable solution.
Just saw it in "Trains News" myself. I wouldn't say it "over-over," but it's a start.
Dave, maybe the power of the pen works. Congratulatons. Hopefully, the results will be good for all.
Thanks for the congratulations, but:
The text of the letter was basically Euclid's and Overmod helped with an important correction.
We really don't know the effect of the letter and may never know. It may have been completely the result of pressure by townspeople and their wish to preserve a source of income.
In addition, considering who created the awesome "attraction," just possibly one or more of the town's clergy may have been involved.
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